Friday, the RNC passed a packet of sweeping rule amendments. There were 9 votes against. All other committee members’ votes went in favor of the rule changes, as the votes in opposition were subtracted from the entire number of committee members in order to calculate the affirmative vote total. From witness accounts, the opposition votes […]
This is crazy. In order to keep increasing “economic growth,” China has been building massive cities. But these cities are deserted. “Glaring evidence that this consumer culture has been grossly overestimated.”
Americans have never had less economic freedom than they do right now. The 2014 Index of Economic Freedom has just been released, and it turns out that the level of economic freedom in the United States has now fallen for seven consecutive years. But of course none of us need a report or a survey […]
Sometimes the best way to make very complicated things, such as the US federal budget, more comprehensible is to try to compare it to something you might be more comfortable with such as ‘spending per capita’. Or more precisely: ‘How much is being spent for every man, woman and child in America today?’ Note this […]
The anecdote goes, 99% of lawyers make the other 1% look bad. There is a reason for the anecdote and a local story points it out. Most of us are aware of the problems Target has had with hackers. Seventy and up to 100 million people have had their account information taken. Target has done much […]
The Republican National Committee will meet in DC this week to hold what is likely to be the final vote on amending the rules governing the 2016 election process, a subject that has been at the forefront of debate at each RNC meeting over the past year. The RNC Rules Subcommittee, a 17-member group which […]
Possibly the most powerful, and dangerous, euphemism in politics today is “progressive.” This writer has many cherished progressive friends. He considers them beautiful… but, often, misguided. Yet perhaps they are more “guided” than he has supposed. Perhaps progressives, many of them, are precision guided. A pattern is emerging. That pattern is to assert government control […]
*Editor’s Note: Looks like incentive deals aren’t a problem limited to Charlotte. Our friends in Greensboro are experiencing similar misuse of government as outlined here by C4CG Co-founder Jodi Riddleberger. Several years ago, during a church meeting, the pastor made a random remark about “prison time.” One man, who was seated across the room, let out […]
Back in the 1980’s, Republicans led by President Ronald Reagan were accused of wanting women to ‘stay at home’; ‘cook and clean’ and ‘stay barefoot and pregnant’. Keep the traditional single income-earning family intact and all that. Essentially they were accused of being against ‘women’s rights’ because they were against constitutional amendments such as the […]
It got cold. Darn, it’s winter again. I remember back in the 80’s when it stayed below freezing for 30 days. The ice on my pond in Mecklenburg County was 14” thick. Today people whine because it got cold. Actually they whine because that is what they do. A nation of whiners, who elected a […]
